Each Mixtec agitator is individually designed and manufactured according to process requirements and operating conditions.
The right impeller is matched with your mixer by considering the profile, pumping and power needs of your application. We factor in the velocity gradient, superficial (in-tank) velocity, pumping rate, tank turnover rate, tanks shape, liquid level variation, location of impellers and direction of pumping to ensure a successful solution.
Mixtec is responsible for all of the components of the industrial agitator meaning that the whole unit will deliver the exact results as requested or even better. Long-service, low-cost and trouble-free operation are the critical requirements in Mixtec design philosophy.
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The heart of the mixer is its impeller. Mixtec has decades of R&D in designing and testing high efficiency impellers tailored to particular applications.
Some of the most commercially successful impellers are high efficiency hydrofoil (general applications, leaching, CIP/CIL), high gas rate hydrofoil (Biological leaching, cyanide destruction / detox), rushton turbine (autoclave / POX, HPAL), pumper impellers (solvent extraction), draft tube systems (wet process phosphoric acid, draft tube crystallizers), anti-ragging impellers (wastewater treatment) and many others.
Precision machined low-tolerance couplings and hubs guarantee stable performance leading to long life of bearings and gearbox in general.
Wide range of sealing systems allow for Mixtec to be used in mostly any application. You can choose from gland packing, single or double mechanical seal with or without seal support system or moat seals.
The original EDICT (Energy Distribution In Cylindrical Tanks) system, developed by Mixtec, has been trialed and successfully installed in literally hundreds of mining applications worldwide.
The system consists of our latest high efficiency, down pumping impeller together with an up-pumping impeller. This adds velocity to solids initially suspended by the lower blades, by drawing them into the low-pressure area created and ‘boosting’ the upward motion to the upper portion of the tank. The solids then travel across the slurry surface to overflow or back down toward the flow generated by the lower impeller to repeat the cycle.
The system correctly utilizes a combination of specially designed up and down pumping impellers to result in extremely effective and efficient solids suspension along with minimum reagents consumption (in case of conditioning tanks) and gas consumption (in case of oxidation, leaching, adsorption, detox).
Mixtec is considered by many as, ‘setting the benchmark in power consumption and effective agitator equipment technology in the mining and refining industry, therefore it remains the superior choice for agitation.
Vertical geared mixers portfolio is accompanied by side-entry, bottom-entry mixers, inline flash mixers and inline static mixers.
Besides Mixtec agitators and mixers, Ū-Tec offers a wide range of complimentary equipment making our company a one-stop shop for the process industry.
Whether hydrometallurgy of phosphate fertilizers, we can also assist you with:
- agitated tanks and reactors,
- engineered centrifugal pumps,
- interstage screens,
- air and gas sparging systems.